How do judges of the California Court of Appeal reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

California Court of Appeal / Joined 1972 / Served to 1992

Nat Agliano

Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal

Nat Agliano was a Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1972. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1932 · age 94
Tenure: 1972–1992 · 19 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1972	California Court of Appeal	–	–
1984	California Court of Appeal	–	–
1986	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Agliano authored 135 published opinions for the court (1980–1992), plus 3 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: AARTS Productions, Inc. v. Crocker National Bank (261 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 23 of these were attributed to Agliano by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1986	AARTS Productions, Inc. v. Crocker National Bank	179 Cal. App. 3d 1061	261
1986	B & P DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. City of Saratoga	185 Cal. App. 3d 949	82
1988	Fire Insurance Exchange v. Abbott†	204 Cal. App. 3d 1012	71
1985	Loral Corp. v. Moyes	174 Cal. App. 3d 268	69
1985	People v. Bailey· Dissent†	176 Cal. App. 3d 402	57
1988	McQueen v. Board of Directors	202 Cal. App. 3d 1136	49
1988	Conservatorship of Drabick	200 Cal. App. 3d 185	48
1987	Financial Corp. of America v. Wilburn	189 Cal. App. 3d 764	48
1980	People v. Gregory S.	112 Cal. App. 3d 764	47
1988	Weigle v. Devon T.	200 Cal. App. 3d 657	46
1987	Pacific Valley Bank v. Schwenke· Dissent†	189 Cal. App. 3d 134	46
1989	In Re Emily L.	212 Cal. App. 3d 734	45
1986	Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. County of Santa Clara	187 Cal. App. 3d 480	45
1989	Boyd v. Oscar Fisher Co.	210 Cal. App. 3d 368	44
1986	Browning-Ferris Industries v. City Council	181 Cal. App. 3d 852	43

Showing the 15 most-cited of 140 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the California Court of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Nat Agliano on?: Nat Agliano was a Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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19 years on the California Court of Appeal. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).